Gunmen open fire on Benue gov’s convoy

  Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam | credits: http://liveofofo.com Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam narrowly escaped death  on Tuesday when his convoy was attacked by suspected Fulani  herdsmen. Suswam’s convoy   was    on  its  way to Gbajimba in  Guma Local Government Area of the state  when the incident occurred. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, […]

Open Letter to Prof. Wole Soyinka – By Sadiq Abacha

By Sadiq Abacha | NNP | March 9, 2014 – If you want to think, speak and act logically then you should know all three. 1. The law of identity 2. The law of excluded middle 3. The law of non-contradiction. Now let’s look at each one of these and see what they mean in […]

How Obasanjo’s govt spent $500m Abacha loot –Okonjo-Iweala

  Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala | credits: blogs.cfr.org The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has explained how the Olusegun Obasanjo administration spent the loot recovered from the late maxiumn dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. She said that contrary to reports that the sum of $2bn was recovered from Abacha’s loot,  only $500m was […]

Forbes names Dangote 23rd richest in the world – The first black to break into the top 25 (That is, without embezzling)

President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote Foremost Nigerian industrialist, Aliko Dangote, on Monday made history by becoming the first black man to break into the rank of top 25 richest people in the world. His wealth jumped to $25bn from $16.1bn in 2013, according to Forbes magazine’s list of […]

Sharing centenary award with Abacha, an insult — Soyinka (Of the highest proportion)

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he rejected the centenary award to be conferred on him by the Federal Government because the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was included in the list of awardees. In a statement entitled, ‘The canonisation of terror,’ Soyinka said it was an […]

Negative profiling of Nigerians in Dallas

 I read with utter dismay a scathing story, “Dallas area home to huge health care frauds,” by Mr. Jim Landers in The Dallas Morning News on February 15, 2014, where he labeled Nigerians (by inference) criminals-an insidious generalization. The story, written in a pernicious spirit with veiled parallels to organized crime and other sinister characterizations […]

President Jonathan’s father kidnapped in Bayelsa

From FEMI FOLARANMI, Yenagoa There was panic in Otuoke, the community of President Goodluck Jonathan  in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Sunday night as the 70 years old Chief Inengite Nitabai believed to be the foster father of the president, was kidnapped. He was kidnapped by 10 armed gunmen who invaded his […]

N1.2m ATM Fraud: Lagos banker dies in police custody after drinking a bottle of soft drink

An employee of Ecobank, Babatunde Oke, on Thursday, died in the custody of the Falomo Police Divisional Headquarters in Lagos, after he was detained for three days over his alleged involvement in a N1.2m fraud. Oke, who is survived by a wife and two children, was said to have worked at the Ogba, Lagos branch […]

Jonathan suspends Sanusi as CBN gov – Sanusi vows to contest removal in court

CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi | credits: File copy President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday suspended Mallam  Lamido Sanusi as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The suspension order was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati. Abati said Jonathan had found out […]

Patience Jonathan flown abroad for treatment –Report

Patience Jonathan | credits: File copy Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, may have embarked on another medical trip to Germany. A report by an online news portal, Sahara Reporters, on Saturday quoted two presidential sources as saying the First Lady was flown out of the country discreetly. One source, the medium claimed, disclosed […]

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